Talk:Greek tortoise

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"Furculachelys"?![edit]

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T. graeca marokkensis, Morocco, "Maroccan Tortoise"
T. graeca lamberti, Morocco
T. graeca soussensis, Morocco
Furculachelys nabeulensis, Tunisia, "Tunisian Spur-Thighed Tortoise"

ehhmmm... "Furculachelys"?! What gives? Dysmorodrepanis 23:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Have ibera and graeca been switched? Judging by ranges, the species names make more sense if reversed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.25.162.232 (talk) 12:24, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Longevity?[edit]

Are they known to be long lived? The British naval mascot "Timothy" lived for 165 years.

Requested move 14 January 2019[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Move. There are no objections. (non-admin closure) В²C ☎ 21:44, 22 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Common tortoise → Greek tortoise – In concordance with the Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(fauna), I request that this article be moved/renamed. The previous name of this article was "Spur-thighed tortoise", which is an alternate acceptable title for this requested page move, as it is a commonly used name for this species. About one year ago, someone renamed the article to "Common tortoise", which is outdated and misleading. Here are links to Google Ngrams, Arkive.org, tortoiseforum.org, and a recent scientific publication, for evidence that no English speaker in their right mind calls this species "common tortoise" nowadays. Fimio (talk) 20:17, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Rreagan007 (talk) 23:53, 14 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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No Size Information[edit]

Even a photo of one or another variety of these animals that included a rule, human hand, or other object of known dimensions would be useful. As it is, a reader can have only the vaguest idea of the sizes of these. Judging by weights mentioned of 1.5 to 15 lbs., I would take a wild guess at lengths of 6 to 18 inches. But that's not information, is it? —Blanchette (talk) 22:57, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]